Patents by Inventor Kensaku Isohata

Kensaku Isohata has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240106393
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing oscillators of a plurality of types including a first oscillator and a second oscillator, the method includes: manufacturing the first oscillator, the manufacturing the first oscillator including a first-oscillator first step of mounting, to a first container, a first resonator element and a first circuit element configured to oscillate the first resonator element to generate a first oscillation signal, and a first-oscillator second step of mounting, to the first container, a second resonator element whose oscillation frequency is controlled based on the first oscillation signal; and manufacturing the second oscillator, the manufacturing the second oscillator including a second-oscillator first step of mounting a third resonator element and a second circuit element to a second container of the same type as the first container, the third resonator element being of the same type as the first resonator element and the second circuit element being of the same type as the first circuit e
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kensaku ISOHATA, Katsuhiko MAKI
  • Publication number: 20240072760
    Abstract: A resonator device includes a resonator element, a container configured to house the resonator element, and a bonding member configured to bond the resonator element and the container to each other, wherein the resonator element has a vibrating part which has a first principal surface provided with a first excitation electrode, a second principal surface provided with a second excitation electrode and having an obverse-reverse relationship with the first principal surface, and a side surface extending in a first direction along a displacement direction of a thickness-shear vibration excited by the first excitation electrode and the second excitation electrode, and which has a longitudinal direction in a second direction as a direction crossing the first direction, a coupling arm extending in the second direction from the side surface of the vibrating part, and a support part which includes a first support arm extending in the first direction from the coupling arm, which extends in the first direction, and whi
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi MATSUO, Kensaku ISOHATA, Norihito MATSUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240066553
    Abstract: A vibrator device includes a vibrator element including a vibrator section having a rectangular shape in a plan view, a linkage arm extending from a corner portion of the vibrator section in a first direction, and a support arm extending from the linkage arm in a second direction that intersects with the first direction, a container that houses the vibrator element, and an adhesive member that is shifted from the linkage arm in the second direction, is bonded to the support arm of the vibrator element, and bonds the vibrator element to the container, and an adhesive area of the region where the adhesive member is bonded to the support arm is greater than or equal to 20% of the area of the support arm in the plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi MATSUO, Kensaku ISOHATA, Norihito MATSUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240039509
    Abstract: A vibrator element includes a vibrator section that has a first principal surface, a second principal surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, a support section that is disposed at a distance from the vibrator section and has a first support side surface facing the first side surface of vibrator section and a second support side surface extending in a direction that intersects with the direction in which the first support side surface extends, and a linkage section that has a first linkage surface coupled to the first side surface and the first support side surface and a second linkage surface coupled to the second side surface and the second support side surface, and the first linkage surface has a configuration in which at least one of a first section coupled to the first side surface and a second section coupled to the first support side surface has a curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Kensaku ISOHATA, Atsushi MATSUO, Norihito MATSUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240039511
    Abstract: A vibrator includes a vibrator section, a support section, a linkage section, a first excitation electrode that is provided at a first principal surface, a second excitation electrode that is provided at a second principal surface and induces along with the first excitation electrode thickness-shear vibration that vibrates along a direction X, a first support electrode that is provided at the support section and electrically coupled to the first excitation electrode, a second support electrode that is provided at the support section and electrically coupled to the second excitation electrode, a first draw-out wiring line that is drawn from the first excitation electrode along a direction Z and electrically couples the first excitation electrode to the first support electrode, and a second draw-out wiring that is drawn from the second excitation electrode along the direction Z and electrically couples the second excitation electrode to the second support electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Kensaku ISOHATA, Atsushi MATSUO, Norihito MATSUKAWA
  • Patent number: 11817825
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a first resonator element, a circuit element configured to oscillate the first resonator element to generate an oscillation signal, a first package which includes a substrate, and has a housing space configured to house the first resonator element and the circuit element at one principal surface side of the substrate, a second resonator element which is disposed at another principal surface side of the substrate, and an oscillation frequency of which is controlled based on the oscillation signal, and a leg part which is disposed at the another principal surface side of the substrate, and which is arranged so as to surround the second resonator element in a plan view of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kensaku Isohata
  • Publication number: 20230198489
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resonator element includes: a substrate preparation step of preparing a substrate; an etching step of performing an etching process on the substrate to form a resonator element, a frame portion, and a holding portion that couples the resonator element and the frame portion; and a break-off step of breaking off the resonator element from the frame portion. The holding portion includes a narrow portion in which a part of a width is narrow. The width of the narrow portion is minimum at a position closer to a resonator element side than at a center of the holding portion. In a cross-sectional view, an angle formed by a side surface of the narrow portion with respect to a flat surface of the holding portion is in a range of 85° or more and 95° or less. The etching process is dry etching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsuo, Kensaku Isohata, Masaya Kanno
  • Publication number: 20230106055
    Abstract: A resonator component includes a resonator element which has a rectangular shape having a longitudinal direction set to a first direction and a width direction set to a second direction in a plan view, which is made of a piezoelectric material, and which has a first principal surface, a second principal surface having an obverse-reverse relationship with the first principal surface, and a first side surface and a second side surface which are configured to couple the first principal surface and the second principal surface to each other, and extend in the first direction, a first excitation electrode disposed on the first principal surface, a second excitation electrode disposed on the second principal surface, a first mounting electrode electrically coupled to the first excitation electrode, a second mounting electrode electrically coupled to the second excitation electrode, a first side-surface electrode which extends in the first direction on the first side surface, and is electrically coupled to the first
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Kensaku ISOHATA, Masaya KANNO, Atsushi MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20230065998
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a first resonator element, a circuit element configured to oscillate the first resonator element to generate an oscillation signal, a first package which includes a substrate, and has a housing space configured to house the first resonator element and the circuit element at one principal surface side of the substrate, a second resonator element which is disposed at another principal surface side of the substrate, and an oscillation frequency of which is controlled based on the oscillation signal, and a leg part which is disposed at the another principal surface side of the substrate, and which is arranged so as to surround the second resonator element in a plan view of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Kensaku Isohata
  • Patent number: 10644704
    Abstract: A package includes a base member and a first projecting portion that projects from one surface of the base member. The first projecting portion contacts a first substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, and has an insulating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Isohata, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10637481
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a case that has a base and a cap connected to the base; a first substrate accommodated in the case; a lead terminal electrically connected to the first substrate; and a resonator module electrically connected to the lead terminal and supported by the lead terminal with a gap with respect to the first substrate between the first substrate and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Kondo, Kensaku Isohata, Kenji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10566979
    Abstract: An oscillator includes an oscillation source, multiple temperature control elements, and a controller adapted to perform control to suppress an increase in current consumed in one or more of the temperature control elements during at least part of a period from when operation of the oscillation source initiates to when the oscillation source reaches a specified temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Isohata, Takayuki Kikuchi, Takemi Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20190222215
    Abstract: A package includes a base member and a first projecting portion that projects from one surface of the base member. The first projecting portion contacts a first substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, and has an insulating property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku ISOHATA, Takayuki KIKUCHI
  • Patent number: 10326455
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate, a joining part provided on the substrate and joined to a vibrator, and a plurality of bonding pads provided on the substrate. The joining part includes an insulating protective film that covers a part of a surface of the substrate, and no insulating protective film is provided between the adjacent bonding pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Isohata, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10320396
    Abstract: A package includes a base member and a first projecting portion that projects from one surface of the base member. The first projecting portion contacts a first substrate on which an electronic component is mounted, and has an insulating property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku Isohata, Takayuki Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20190006988
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a case that has a base and a cap connected to the base; a first substrate accommodated in the case; a lead terminal electrically connected to the first substrate; and a resonator module electrically connected to the lead terminal and supported by the lead terminal with a gap with respect to the first substrate between the first substrate and the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu KONDO, Kensaku ISOHATA, Kenji HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10164568
    Abstract: An oscillator including a container, a first protrusion portion protruding from the container along a first direction, a second protrusion portion protruding from the container along the first direction, and a projection portion protruding from the container along the first direction. The second protrusion portion is shorter than the first protrusion portion in the first direction, and the projection portion is longer than the second protrusion portion and shorter than the first protrusion portion in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kensaku Isohata
  • Publication number: 20180198452
    Abstract: An oscillator includes an oscillation source, multiple temperature control elements, and a controller adapted to perform control to suppress an increase in current consumed in one or more of the temperature control elements during at least part of a period from when operation of the oscillation source initiates to when the oscillation source reaches a specified temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensaku ISOHATA, Takayuki KIKUCHI, Takemi YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20180191300
    Abstract: An oscillator including a container, a first protrusion portion protruding from the container along a first direction, a second protrusion portion protruding from the container along the first direction, and a projection portion protruding from the container along the first direction. The second protrusion portion is shorter than the first protrusion portion in the first direction, and the projection portion is longer than the second protrusion portion and shorter than the first protrusion portion in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kensaku ISOHATA
  • Patent number: 9941839
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a wiring substrate, a heating element, a first support, a second support, and a container. The heating element, the first support, and the second support are electrically connected to the wiring substrate. Each of the first support and the second support includes a protrusion portion, and the protrusion portion of the second support is shorter than the protrusion portion of the first support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kensaku Isohata